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The Conjurer's Bird: A Novel
by Davies, Martin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400097339
- ISBN 13
- 9781400097333
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Crown Publishers, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a very Good Dust Jacket. Ivory half cloth binding with gilt titles, black paper-wrapped boards, spotless, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Spine heel lightly compressed. Jacket is clean and bright, unclipped, small (1/8inch) chip to heel otherwise Fine. Artwork on endpapers and chapter openers in gray screen nature prints. A great puzzle of natural history.The story of the famed naturalist Joseph Banks and the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta, seen only once, in 1774, by Captain Cook's second expedition to the South Seas; a single speciman was captured, preserved and brought back to England and given to Banks. It has not been seen since. A literary mystery. 384 pages. 6.6 x 9.6 inches. Crown Publishing, New York, 2005.
Synopsis
Martin Davies, a television producer, is the author of two mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes’s housekeeper. He lives in London.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013573
- Title
- The Conjurer's Bird: A Novel
- Author
- Davies, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400097339
- ISBN 13
- 9781400097333
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- FICTION; BANKS, JOSPEH, SIR, 1743-1820; WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONISTS; EXTINCT BIRDS; NATURALISTS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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